Porter, Samuel

Deafened in his early 20s; graduated Yale, 1829 (the first deaf person to do so). Teacher at the American School for the deaf, 1832-1837 and again 1847-1860, in between at the New York School for the deaf; teacher at the Columbia Institute for the Deaf (Gallaudet College) 1866-1883. Author of many articles and books; editor of the American Annals of the Deaf. After his retirement, he lived on Kendall Green until 1901, then returned to Farmington, CT, where he died.